LINK: http://www.swtor.com/info/news/blog/20151002 Companions are now summoned from the Companions and Contacts/Alliance window. Companions now all have 3 roles you can choose from on the fly, DPS/Healer/Tank, and different ability sets based on that role. Companions that use the same weapon type will share the same ability sets (so every companion that uses Blaster Pistols will have the same ability sets). Companions no longer generate any stats from gear, their stats are purely based on the level of the companion, so you can dress them up however you want. Accordingly, equipment slots that didn't have any effect on visibility have been removed from companions. Companions will still need a weapon in order to activate their abilities, but the stats of the weapon won't matter. In Fallen Empire player, Companions will continue to be a huge part of your personal story. All of these gameplay changes are to enhance their functionality. ************************ While all of this looks very interesting... in particular the multrole of DPS, Tank and Healer it also looks worrisome to me. It looks like they will streamline all of the companions, and since they will longer be affected by stats (mods and augments etc.) I suspect this will become a major indirect nerf. As it is now companions become significantly stronger if geared right. They gain significant damage, heal and endurance/HP, and if Bioware intend to streamline them all for multirole purpose I sure do hope they do not make them as strong as their "weakest" current form with just basic gear equipped. If they do that it will be pretty game changing companion wise. It seems there will be no way to improve your streamlined companions from their preset stats so to say. So I wonder where they will set the baseline for their invisible stats when they do become streamlined... What are you people's thoughts on all of this? I do like the idea of multirole companions where you can pick let's say the current melee DPS Ashara and set her to heal mode, which would presumably give her Sage healing abilities.... or something.